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Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Public Arts, Forests/Gardens/Arboretum BallotBox/Louisville Metro • Age Range: 9-21 • Discipline: Public Art and Arts Education • Cultural Pass Offerings: o BallotBox is a Louisville Visual Art exhibit for Louisville Metro Hall curated by Skylar Smith. BallotBox uses an intersectional lens to examine past and present voting rights and connections between this year's 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the 55th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act; and the presidential and state-wide elections. 2020 is a significant year for reflection on what a vote is worth, while also considering contemporary voter engagement and the monumental efforts in past decades to secure voting rights in the United States. Using art as a catalyst for community engagement, BallotBox will explore issues related to voting rights, democracy, and citizenship to inspire voter engagement and create a public dialog about how we can build a more equitable democracy. Cultural Pass participants can view artwork from the exhibition, answer questions from the artists, and participate in an online dialog about voting rights! The Belle of Louisville Riverboats • Age Range: 6-21 • Discipline: Design, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The Belle of Louisville is the oldest Western rivers steamboat in the world! Eric is here to teach you how to make a paddlewheel boat of your very own, with supplies you probably already have at home. Make sure you test to see if your boat can float! Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest: Forest Giants in a Giant Forest • Age Range: 3-13 • Discpline: Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Park, Forest, Garden, Arboretum, Public Art • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Bernheim’s virtual offerings will include virtual hikes, and interactive activities. See what you can discover outside while staying healthy at home with nature-based activities that can be done at home, in your yard, while exploring your neighborhood, or anytime you’re outside. When Bernheim is able to open again, we will have activities that help you explore our 16,137 acres of nature. Conrad-Caldwell House Museum • Age Range: 0-6; 7-21 • Discipline: Historic Buildings, Landmarks Literature/Poetry/Writing, Fashion Design, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Join us for Storytime with Nanny. The Caldwell's nanny will read a book written during the Conrad-Caldwell period (1850-1940) and we will follow it up with an easy to make craft with supplies you should have on hand at home. New story each month! (ages 0-6) o Join us for a look at how the changing fashions of women's clothes mirrored the changes in women's roles and rights from the Civil War to the 1920's. We will take a closer look at some great dresses that the Conrad-Caldwell House has but few get a chance to see as well as discuss how the changes in fashion affected women. (ages 7-21) Discovery Center Experience • Age Range: 3-14 • Discipline: Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum, Park, Forest, Garden, Arboretum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The Discovery Center will host three Cultural Pass activities that are both educational and entertaining and that will engage the mind through our interactive museum, park properties, and historical properties. These offerings will be fun for the whole family! The Falls of the Ohio Foundation • Age Range: 3-21 • Discipline: Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum, Park, Forest, Garden, Arboretum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Located on the banks of the Ohio River in Clarksville, IN is the Falls of the Ohio State Park. It includes ~165 acres of land and lies within the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area. The Lewis & Clark expedition started and ended at the Falls of the Ohio and is a designated stop on the National Historic Lewis & Clark Trail. John James Audubon spent several years sketching over 200 bird species while living in the area. The deck overlooks the 390 million- year-old fossil beds. o We will be offering the following fun and educational activities; o Movie describing the history of the area o Bird identification activity o Butterfly identification and origami art project o Cruisin' the Devonian Sea Farmington Historic Plantation • Age Range: 5-21 • Discpline: Folk & Traditional Arts, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Explore Farmington Historic Plantation to learn about the lives of the people on a nineteenth century Kentucky hemp operation. Learn about the importance of hemp agriculture to the Commonwealth and the nation. Explore the lives of the Speed family and almost 70 enslaved people who the worked the fields, gardens, cared for livestock. Explore the plantation Abraham Lincoln visited in 1841 and learn about his friendship with Joshua Speed's family. We will show you how primary source evidence, including archeology, letters, documents, and family stories tell the Farmington story. The Food Literacy Project • Age Range: 6-21 • Discipline: Garden, Forest, Plants • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Our Food Literacy Project team will walk you through how to take a soil sample from your own back yard or container garden. Join us on a journey to learn more about the soil that nurtures your favorite plants! Frazier History Museum • Age Range: 2-12 • Discipline: Arts Education, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o We will be sharing a variety of educational activities based on our museum's physical and virtual exhibits, including Celebrating the Sounds of Kentucky, our Great Louisville Hunt, and our History All Around You initiative. Historic Old Louisville Walking Tour • Age Range: 5-21 • Discipline: Historic Buildings • Cultural Pass Offerings: o The virtual walking tour of Historic Old Louisville is a 20- minute film on the architecture and history of Louisville's oldest preservation district. Children will learn fun facts about the people who lived in these unique houses, the world's fair in 1883-1887, Thomas Edison's new electric lightbulb, and the whimsical elements incorporated into the facades. There are coloring pages of the houses and word searches linked to the film. Older students will learn about the varied architectural styles, the architects and the captains of industry who had them built. More sophisticated word searches, crossword puzzles and coloring sheets of these magnificent mansions are found in activity links. Kentucky Derby Museum • Age Range: 8-21 (option 1), 10-21 (option 2), 1-21(option 3) • Discipline: Literature, Historic Buildings, Parks and Gardens • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Option 1 § African-Americans in Racing - Told In Five Artifacts § African Americans played a prominent role in the success of the Kentucky Derby. Fifteen of the first twenty-eight jockeys to win the race were black. We’ve selected five artifacts from the Kentucky Derby Museum collection to tell five stories of contributions made by black horsemen. § We will follow the virtual program with a writing prompt – “Jimmy Winkfield was the last black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby in 1902. What do you think are the reasons for this?” o Option 2 § Derby Road Trippin’: A Driving tour of Louisville’s Derby Landmarks § Take a driving tour around our city and visit five historic landmarks associated with the history of the Kentucky Derby. § You’ll need a trusted adult to provide transportation and GPS is recommended. § During the tour, practice your photography to take creative pictures of each site. o Option 3 § Born to Run: A Physical Education Program for K-12 § Description: Students will learn about the daily workouts of a Thoroughbred Racehorse and will participate in fun, engaging physical activities that mimic the workout of a horse and jockey. § All you’ll need is either a bed sheet or beach towel! Locust Grove • Age Range: 0-20 • Discipline: Culinary Arts, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Park, Forest, Garden, Arboretum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Hands-on activities that explore and interpret daily life in the early 19th century. Louisville Children’s Museum • Age Range: 2-12 • Discipline: Culinary Arts, Historic Buildings, Landmarks, Museum • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Come choose your own adventure with Louisville Children's Museum! We'll explore Louisville through a lens of imagination, creativity and tactile learning through our four part Listen.Learn.Create series. Choose one adventure at a time or come back for all four as we investigate the rich history, landmarks, and influences of Pioneers and the Wilderness Trail, Native Americans in Kentucky, the Ohio River, and important Kentuckians. Each of the four lessons will include hands-on learning through a main activity, scavenger hunt picture clues you can find around Louisville with your family to promote further investigation, and supplemental activities where you can learn more. Come grow with us! Louisville Water Tower • Age Range: 5-21 • Discipline: Museum, Historic Buildings • Cultural Pass Offerings: o Did you know we never get new water? It’s true, what you use for washing hands, cooking dinner and staying hydrated has been around for millions of years! Join Louisville Water Tower Park staff on a Cultural Pass adventure through the Water Cycle. Using our WaterWorks Museum as the backdrop, visitors will learn cool facts and complete activities designed to help them become water scientists. Louisville Nature Center • Age Range: 4-14 • Discipline: Parks, Gardens • Cultural Pass Offerings: o While the Louisville Nature Center is closed to the public, our 2 miles of trail and sensory garden remain open - and we continue to facilitate outdoor learning! After watching our brief video demonstrations, we encourage your family to get outside. Discover the natural world with fun and simple activities! Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy • Age Range: 5-17 • Discipline: Parks, Gardens • Cultural Pass Offerings: o We will offer a nature-oriented scavenger hunt that can be completed by kids either in their own backyards, or in the Olmsted Parks (provided they practice safe social distancing while in the park).